Douluo: My Martial Soul Is My Fiancée

To the upper echelons of Shrek Academy, being an "orphan" also meant that one would likely remain at Shrek Academy in the future; in other words, they were more worth cultivating than someone like Dai Huabin, who had a family background.

Once exposed, even if one set aside the Spirit Bone, the Spirit Rings would certainly be guaranteed, and resources would be tilted in their favor.

If you have no potential and no ability, who would bother with you?

There were certainly drawbacks, but overall, the benefits outweighed the disadvantages!

Hmm... I'm overthinking it. The main thing right now is Xiao Nai's "name."

After lowering his head to ponder for a moment, Zheng Li's eyes lit up.

He filled in the four characters "Spirit of Light," and after that, he wrote "Heart of Spirit." He paused, then added "Second Martial Soul" after it.

He felt that Teacher Jin didn't seem very bright and might mistake "Spirit of Light" and "Heart of Spirit" as a single Martial Soul.

Teacher Jin: I feel like you're insulting my intelligence!

After he finished filling it out, Yuan Qin said, "Go on. Head to the New Student Teaching Building to register, enroll, and pick up your school uniform and such."

"Understood, thank you, Teacher." Zheng Li smiled and greeted them before walking toward the school gate.

Teacher Jin picked up the information form Zheng Li had filled out, looking at the Martial Soul column first; he was quite curious about Zheng Li's Martial Soul.

"Spirit of Light?"

After glancing over it, Teacher Jin looked up at the white-gold outfit on Zheng Li and the peculiar golden ring behind his head, muttering, "It does have a bit of an elven flavor to it."

"Teacher Jin, have you ever seen an elf?" Although Yuan Qin hadn't looked, she had heard him and couldn't help but ask curiously.

Teacher Jin frowned, "I don't think so. Come to think of it, do elves even exist? Even if they did, wouldn't elves belong to the category of Spirit Beasts?"

Yuan Qin: "..."

What do you mean by "I don't think so"?

"Haha, don't worry about the details." Teacher Jin laughed. "This little guy wrote something else in the Martial Soul column besides Spirit of Light. Did he write in the wrong column? Let me see what he wrote."

Zheng Li, who had already walked into the school gate: As expected...

"Heart of Spirit, Second Martial Soul..."

Teacher Jin and Yuan Qin were stunned.

Second Martial Soul?

"Holy crap! Little guy, get back here!"

Chapter 8, Cultivating the Spirit Sutra

Zheng Li did not hear Teacher Jin's shout.

In his combat state, his speed was quite fast, and by now, he had already entered Shrek Academy and traveled a considerable distance.

However, Teacher Jin and Yuan Qin caught up to him.

"Is there something you need, teachers?" Zheng Li asked.

There was still a look of astonishment on Teacher Jin's face as he asked, "Little guy, are you a Twin Martial Souls user?"

"Yes!" Zheng Li replied with an "it goes without saying" expression. "Teacher, is there a problem?"

Teacher Jin, Yuan Qin: "..."

There was no problem, but for some reason, seeing that expression on his face made them inexplicably annoyed.

"No problem." Teacher Jin shook his head, then looked puzzled and curious. "Little guy, what kind of Martial Soul is that Heart of Spirit?"

Zheng Li: As expected, this teacher's brain doesn't seem to work very well.

"It's exactly what it sounds like—it's a heart!" Zheng Li replied. "I just gave it a nice-sounding name."

Of course, it wasn't that simple; he still had to keep some cards up his sleeve.

"A heart..." Yuan Qin frowned deeply. It wasn't that she hadn't guessed, but as far as she knew, there had never been a user of an internal organ-type Martial Soul on the continent. Perhaps she was just ill-informed.

How would a heart Martial Soul develop? Power Attack? Agility Attack? Support? Defense? Control? Or something else?

That's hard to handle!

What if you mess up and blow your own heart up?

Teacher Jin clearly thought of this problem as well.

After the two teachers were silent for a short while, Teacher Jin said, "Little guy, let us give you a lift."

With that, he grabbed Zheng Li with his large hand and headed toward the New Student Teaching Building, the place for registration and enrollment.

Yuan Qin followed closely behind.

Hmm... Teacher Jin was very enthusiastic. With his help, Zheng Li quickly finished registering and enrolling, paid the ten gold coins for tuition, and received his New Student Badge, two sets of white school uniforms, and his dormitory key.

When Zheng Li received the uniform, his only thought was that he finally had clothes!

Sigh~ talking about it just brings tears to my eyes!

As they parted ways, Teacher Jin asked curiously, "Little guy, why are you still manifesting your Martial Soul? You're not in a rush anymore, are you?"

Zheng Li explained it to him.

Teacher Jin and Yuan Qin were both speechless; they could only describe it as bizarre!

They had truly never seen a Martial Soul that came with its own clothing, or rather, where the clothing was an integral part of the Martial Soul.

They had originally assumed the so-called Spirit of Light was merely the peculiar golden ring behind Zheng Li's head.

After parting ways, Zheng Li went to check the bulletin board, which displayed the class assignments.

Zheng Li was quite impressed by the efficiency; they had only just registered and enrolled, yet the classes were already assigned.

He quickly found his name.

"Zheng Li... Freshman Class Five?"

"Class Five? I didn't get assigned to the same team as the protagonist?"

Frowning slightly, Zheng Li walked away, not paying much attention to the class assignment.

He had no intention of clinging to anyone's coattails, so it didn't matter to him whether they were in the same class or not.

As the sky gradually darkened, the golden glow radiating from Zheng Li attracted quite a bit of attention.

It wasn't that this light couldn't be suppressed, but even when suppressed, a faint radiance still emanated from it.

Total suppression... was likely impossible. After all, how does one suppress a glowing golden ring?

Even if Zheng Li ran out of Spirit Power, his Martial Soul would probably just retract automatically!

At night, this Martial Soul was essentially a walking human lightbulb—there was no way to be low-key.

At the dormitory entrance, well, he didn't see Elder Mu.

His dormitory was number 111.

Zheng Li: "???"

He was certainly not a bachelor!

Carrying the full malice of the dormitory number, Zheng Li found and entered his room.

The moment he pushed the door open.

"Meow?" A young boy who was cleaning the walls with something resembling a feather duster turned his head. He had green eyes, gray hair, fair skin, and a cute face.

A pair of white cat ears sat atop his head, and a black-and-gray striped tail swayed behind him.

A cat girl? No, it should be a cat boy!

Zheng Li: "..."

Seeing Zheng Li, a look of surprise appeared on the cat boy's face. "Roommate?"

Zheng Li nodded. "Yes, hello, my name is Zheng Li."

Seeing Zheng Li confirm it, the cat boy was pleasantly surprised. "Hello, I'm Ling Nan. I didn't expect to have a roommate. I arrived quite late, and since no one had come by the time enrollment ended just now, I thought I'd have to live in the dorm by myself."

If it were up to Zheng Li, living alone would be great; it couldn't compare to the eight-person dorm he lived in during middle school.

"I arrived late too, just making it at the very last moment of enrollment." Zheng Li replied with a smile. "Are you cleaning? Let me help you."

Ling Nan didn't refuse, laughing heartily as he said, "That's great, I have tools. The cabinets, bed, desk, and floor have all been cleaned; only the walls are left."

Zheng Li scanned the room and said, "The order is wrong. You should have cleaned the walls first. Never mind the floor for now; dust has already fallen back onto the bed."

Ling Nan: "..."

He took a look, and it was true.

"Haha, I never really did chores at home..." Ling Nan said, feeling a bit embarrassed.

Zheng Li shook his head without saying a word.

Afterward, as the two chatted, Ling Nan finished cleaning the walls, and then Zheng Li took the initiative to clean the floor, bed, and other areas once more.

Because Ling Nan had already cleaned them once, it was much easier.

The reason Ling Nan had kept his Martial Soul active was that he couldn't reach the ceiling even while standing on the desk. He could have jumped on the desk, but he was afraid of breaking it, and the same went for the bed.

Zheng Li noticed that Ling Nan was actually shorter than him.

One had to know that people on the Douluo Continent were generally tall; many ten-year-old children were already 1.5 or 1.6 meters tall, and many eleven or twelve-year-olds even exceeded 1.7 meters!

So Ling Nan had activated his Martial Soul—it was a cat-type Martial Soul, after all, which provided lightness, agility, and strong jumping ability.

However, using a Martial Soul to jump around while cleaning the walls still left Zheng Li slightly speechless.

After the cleaning was finished, Ling Nan retracted his Martial Soul, but Zheng Li did not.

Ling Nan naturally asked, and after Zheng Li explained, Ling Nan looked at him with a strange expression.

Zheng Li's mouth twitched: Do you think I want it to be like this!

When it was time to sleep, another problem arose.

Watching Zheng Li lie flat on the wooden bed frame, Ling Nan asked in confusion, "Did you not bring any bedding?"

Zheng Li spread his hands. "No. To be honest, all the luggage I have right now is these two sets of school uniforms, though I do have some money."

Ling Nan: "There is a Student Supplies Store outside the dormitory... Forget it, don't bother going to buy any. I have extras here, you can use them."

"Thanks, I'll treat you to a meal tomorrow."

"No need to be so polite. You're my roommate, after all, and the first friend I've made since coming to Shrek." Ling Nan smiled as he spoke.

He looked so adorable no matter how you looked at him, almost like a girl.

Zheng Li nodded, not saying anything more.

It was truly a bit unfair... He wouldn't suspect that Ling Nan was a girl, because Ling Nan had just stripped down right in front of him.

Don't get the wrong idea, he didn't strip completely.

A mattress, an unknown animal fur blanket, and a thick, soft quilt.

Zheng Li couldn't help but sigh inwardly: He's a rich kid.

The ten thousand Gold Soul Coins given by the system looked like a lot, but in reality, it wasn't much; you couldn't even buy a decent Soul Tool with it.

They lay on their beds and chatted for a while afterward.

From Ling Nan, Zheng Li learned that he came from Tiantou City, the capital of the Heaven Dou Empire, and belonged to a fairly significant sect, though Ling Nan wasn't clear on which one.

Judging by Ling Nan's tone, his status within the sect was not low.

After the conversation, Ling Nan chose to go to sleep.

Zheng Li, however, sat cross-legged, having no intention of sleeping.

The cultivation of the Spirit Sutra could begin now.

Is sleep even as good as cultivation? Besides, cultivation could replace sleep.

Chapter 9, Classmate, your girlfriend...

Spirit Sutra: Cultivation technique, complements the Heart of Spirit.